Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Cycling Weekly is the UK's only weekly special interest magazine focusing on the cycling market. It is the best source of breaking international and UK news, race reportage, reliable fitness advice, trustworthy product reviews and inspirational features for British cyclists. Always a great read, Cycling Weekly inspires you to ride your bike more!
START LINE 17.11
IN FOCUS
British Cycling scales back academy road calendar • Working with development teams will provide more exposure to racing, reports Tom Thewlis
Pidcock to debut CX rainbow jersey this weekend • Brit will have to wait a week to race rival Wout van Aert
Scot Mark Stewart takes Track Champions League lead • Katie Archibald wins women’s scratch race, reports Owen Rogers
Lachlan Morton eyes round the world record
OPINION
WorldTour relegation ‘absurd’ and a ‘death sentence’ • Chris Froome and Jonathan Vaughters criticise set-up
Watson wins Rider of the Year at Rayner Foundation gala • Over £15,000 raised at charity event, reports Joe Laverick
THE HUB • All the news you might have missed from the last seven days
HUUB’s £400 heated trousers – the next marginal gain?
Joining grassroots with the top tier
Cycling Weekly
COLD WEATHER CRAZINESS • There’s something about winter that makes us cyclists do some somewhat unhinged things. CW digs out some of the best of them
More winter wonders • The silly season for bike riders has arrived. Pros, and readers, dig out their best stories
Get winterised: tips from the top • Our ultra-riders offer their cold weather advice
CYCLO-CROSS 101 All the things I wish I’d known when I started • Cyclo-cross is a great way to have fun and get fit in the winter months. UK racer and writer Tom Couzens shares the benefit of his experience, so you’re not as underprepared as he was
Nail the dismount
What is cyclo-cross?
Ribble celebrates 125 years with three limited-edition bikes
Mtb brand YT Industries hits the gravel
Tacx’s Neo smart bike gets even smarter
Entry-level smart trainers • Stefan Abram takes a selection of budget indoor trainers out for a virtual spin
Elite Zumo £529 • Gradient simulation 12% Claimed accuracy ±3% Max power 1,350W Weight 13kg Flywheel 4.2kg flywheel
Tacx Flux S £599.99 • Gradient simulation 10% Claimed accuracy ±3% Max power 1,500W Weight 22.8kg Flywheel 7kg
Wahoo Kickr Core £699.99 • Gradient simulation 16% Claimed accuracy ±2% Max power 1,800W Weight 18kg Flywheel 5.4kg
Jet Black Volt 2 £699.99 • Gradient simulation 16% Claimed accuracy ±2.5% Max power 1,800W Weight 15.4kg Flywheel 4.7kg
Top of the turbos
OFF BIKE STRENGTH FOR ON BIKE SPEED • No time for long winter miles outdoors but can’t face yet another turbo session either? Despair not! Coach Landry Bobo has an alternative winter plan to answer your prayers
Strength training: the rules
Neuromuscular bike workouts
MY TRAINING SPACE Phil Godfrey
DOMESTIC RESULTS
How To… hand out advice on cycling safety
Dr Hutch • The past may be a foreign country, but genetics, natural talent and the ability to suffer all reside in the same postcode, suggests the Doc
ACTS OF CYCLING STUPIDITY
Bernard Hinault’s final race 14 November, 1986
Cycling 20 February, 1925 • UCI congress causes a stir and RR A set to ban use of ferries